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Blow up the Cody Parkey ball — says the man who blew up the Bartman ball

· January 12, 2019 ·

Play ball! But first you gotta find it! Grant DePorter, the maven of sports memorabilia who blew up the infamous (Steve) Bartman ball in 2004, tells Sneed he has been swamped by requests from Bears fans demanding he blow up da football that just blew da Bears’ chance to make a deep playoff run. “If someone wants to give me the ball, I’ll blow it up,” said DePorter about the piece of pigskin which shockingly bounced off an upright and a crossbar in a tipped kick by Cody Parkey during the Wild Card game with the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday, which brought the Bears postseason to a sudden halt. RELATED: Ball that double-doinked off goalposts could fetch $100,000 or more, collector says But what happened to the ball? No one is saying. DePorter, who tells Sneed he has been making inquiries about where the ball actually IS now, claims he still has the Bartman Ball buster’s “bulletproof plexiglass containment chamber” in his office. “It’s the one designed by Academy Award-winning special effects director Michael “Jurassic Park” Lantieri,” said DePorter — who had purchased the ball at auction in 2003 for $113,824 (including tax) before blowing it to bits in what became a… Read full this story

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